Image croping problem

This example is in 1024 x 768


I have this picture and i want to crop out certain area of the image. is it me or is it the crop tool that cannot do a free resizing, like the FREE TRANSFORM TOOL (CTRL+T).. From what i see, i can only edit the croping picture by clicking the Perspective check box. Is it normal ? Another problem is that the picture instead of resizing to the size of the croped measurements, it takes the original 1024 x 768 length and width and fills up that size.. in other words the cropped imaged maxmise itself to fit the whole original size pic.. i was quite sure this didnt happen when i was using Photoshop 7.. Is this a new function in Photoshop CS or is there a solution to this ?

use the rectangular marquee tool, and then go to edit crop

[QUOTE=Deadpool]use the rectangular marquee tool, and then go to edit crop[/QUOTE]

Agreed.

There is a reason the crop tool acts the way it does, but I still don't understand what that reason is.